Key Highlights
- Following a 2020 amendment to its Framework Agreement, all UN member states are eligible to join the alliance.
- President Donald Trump has withdrawn the US from several international organisations, including UN bodies and the International Solar Alliance, terming them “redundant” and “contrary” to America’s interests.
- Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum titled ‘Withdrawing the United States from International Organisations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States’.
- After signing the memorandum, Trump said he had determined that it was “contrary” to US interests to remain a member of, participate in, or otherwise provide support to 66 UN and non-UN organisations.
- Reacting to the development, official sources said that “the Indian government has noted the media reports citing US withdrawal from 66 international organisations, including the International Solar Alliance (ISA)”.
